1857 $1 MS(PCGS#6945)
1857 $1 MS (PCGS#6945)
June 2023 U.S. Coins Auction
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 3195
- 等级
- AU58
- 价格
- 78,392
- 详细说明
- 1857 Liberty Seated Silver Dollar. OC-2. Rarity-3. AU-58 (PCGS). An otherwise brilliant, noticeably semi-prooflike example with the lightest antique silver and pale gold iridescence drifting over both sides. The 1857 is a notorious strike rarity in the Liberty Seated dollar series but, while the present example is typically soft on Liberty's head and around much of the obverse periphery, the reverse is sharper overall with emerging detail to the eagle's right leg and talon. Like all circulation strike Liberty Seated dollar issues produced beginning in 1850, the 1857 was struck at the request of contemporary bullion depositors exclusively for use in the export trade. Most of the 94,000 pieces delivered that year were sent to the Orient, where they were melted by Chinese merchants and bullion brokers who much preferred the slightly heavier Mexican dollar for use in commerce. With market offerings for straight-graded examples few and far between irrespective of grade, this PCGS-certified Choice AU is sure to see spirited bidding. PCGS# 6945. NGC ID: 24YW. Click here for certification details from PCGS. Image with the PCGS TrueView logo is obtained from and is subject to a license agreement with Collectors Universe, Inc. and its divisions PCGS and PSA.